Gas-producer apparatus.



J. A. HERRIGK.

GAS PRODUCER APPARATUS.

'fAPPLIGATION FILED JULY 15, 1909. 1,005,21 O.

Patented Oct. 10, 1911.

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. {BY *4 I 91% J. A. HBRRIOK.

GAS PRODUCER APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED JULY 15, 1909.

1,005,210. Patented 00t.10,1911.

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JAMES A. HERRICK, OF NEW YORK, Y.

GAS-PRODUCER APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Ofiglnal'application filed March 26, 1909, Serial No. 485,992. Divided and thisapplication filed July 15,

' 1909., Serial No. 507,723. i I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. HERRIGK, residing at New 'York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gas-Produeer Apparatus, of which the following is a specification; I

This invention-"relates to gas producers and the present application, as to certain IOfeatures is a division :of my application for as producers, filed March 26, 1909,

Serizil No. 485,992. I

One of the objects of; the present inven- 3 tion is to provide new and improved means for discharging fuel into the body of a producer and distributin 'bed of fuel therein. Another object is to provide improved means for preventing the f rmation of crev- 20,ices or fissures in the mass.

v Other. objects will be in part obvious and 'in part pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts, which will be exem lified in the construction herein'aftei' descrlbed, and the scope of .the applicationof which will be indicated in the following claims.

3Q In the accompanying drawings wherein is illustrated a preferredform of embodiment of my invention: Figure-1 is a view in vertical section, of a producer constructed 1n accordance 'therew1th;-F1g. 21s a simllar v ew of the upper portion of a producer showing a slightly different arrangement of certain of the component parts thereof. I

. Referring now to the drawings, 1 representsthe base or setting of a producer, said base being hollowed out as at 2, to provide an ash receptacle and container for the wateremployed to seal the lower-end of the apparatus.

3 represents twyer boxes which distribute the blast received from a'bustle pipe 4; the latter receiving its supplyfrom the blast pipe 5.-

Any suitable means may be employedfor removing the ashes, such means in the prescut instance comprising Archimedean screws it evenly upon the 7 which deliver ashes upon the traveling belt 8, Whichcarries them from the producer.

The producer, which in the present ii1- stance is ofcylindrical form is provided with a fixed. upper section 10, and a fixed lower section 11 between which is positioned a revoluble section 12,'which latter section is provided with wheels 13 adapted to traverse a supporting track 14 carried by the lower fixed section 11. VVaterseals 'as at 15 and 16 are provided between the fixed sections 10 and 11', and the revoluble section 12,and the latter is encircled by a member 17, provided with peripheral gear teeth 18.

'20 indicates a, gear wheel, the teeth of which mesh with teeth 18 of-the member 17.

Gear wheel 20 iscarried upon'th'e shaft 21.

bevel gear 21', with which meshes a bevel gear 24 mounted upon the driving shaft 22.

Upper fixed section 10 may be supported in any desirable mann'er,'in the present instance pillars 25 and cross braces 26 performing this function;

'Formed interiorly of the reducer and supported upon the inner wal s of the rev oluble section 12 is an arched partition 27 having semi-circular apertures--28, which ,apertnres form passage ways for the 'fuel and gases. In the present instance four of these apertures are provided, said apertures being formed between the legs 30 which rest upon the inner wall of the revoluble section 12. Partition 27 is provided with a central aperture 31 from which leads a conduit 32. This conduit is adapted for con-,

ducting gases from the. producer and eX- tends upward to the cover portion 33 and connects with a fixed discharge conduit 34 supported in any desirable manner above the producer. Baflies as at 35 are provided in the conduit 32 which conduit is of such size as to constitutea mixing chamber for the outgoing gases. a p

The top portion or cover 33 of the producer is mounted to revolve upon the top section 10, being supportedinthe present instance by means of ball bearings 36. A

water seal as at 37 is provided between the top section 10 and the cover port1on,wh1ch maybe revolved by any suitable means as by i means of the gear38 upon the shaft 19.

Sh'aftIQ is provided with a bevel gear 23,

which meshes with the driving bevel gear 24L 1 Shafts 19 and 21, it will be noted, abut intermediate the gears 21 and 23, so that "they may be revolved in opposite directions,

by means of the bevel gear wheel 24. This results in a revolution of the cover portion in one'direction, and the intermediate revoluble portion in the opposite CliIQ CtIOII.

The cover portion is providedwitlfan ape crime 40 through which extends 'a-' rotatable. poker 41, the lower end of which 1s off-set as shown. The poker is provided with a suitabie'apron 42 which dips into the water which covers the upper surface of the cover .portion 33; and the edge of the cover portion isflraised as at 43 'so-as-to furnish a container for thewaterx' Poker 41 is hollow and a circulation of water is maintained thereinhy means ofan open ended pipe 44 which extends through the same and terminates adjacent the lower end. \Vater is dis-' charged into the poker through a hollow;

shaft 45 which in turn receives its supply from a-pipe 46 leading from a trough 47. The. water after passing downward through the poker and upward through pipe 44 is 1 30 discharged'by pipe 48. upon-the top of the .coverpo'rtionL Shaft 45 is provided with a gear 50". which meshes with the peripheral teeth5l formed upon the member 52 carried by the stationary discharge conduit 34. It will be seen that when the cover portion. '33

, isrotated, the poker 41 will be moved bodily as well as independently rotated. The cover portion 33 is also providedwith an aperture 53 through which extends achute 54, said chutedepending into the interior of the producer. Leading into chute 54 is a hopper 55, said hopper and chute being provided with flanges 56 which rest upon an n 4 standing portion 57 of the cover. Exten ing downwardly through hopper 55 is a shaft 58 provided with a plurality of laterally extending members 60 which are received. bet-ween similar members 61 extending inwardly from the inner wall of the hopper. This shaft carries an apertured .plate62, the apertures of which are adapted to. register with "apertures formed in the plate 63 carried by the hopper. It will be seen that when shaft 58 is revolved the apertures of the plates 62 and 63 will be carried into and out of're istry whereby fuel will be periodically discharged through the chute 54 intoth'e producer. Shaft 58 is rotated asv by means of a gear wheel 64 which meshes with the teeth formed upon the stationary gear 65 carried exteriorly of the fixed conduit 34. A funnel 66 may be employed for discharging fuel into the hopper through an aperture 67 in the cover 68,

tion of the producer, and said which cover may be held stationary while the hopper 55 is revolved. Any suitable means may be employed for supporting the funnel 66.

Having thus described the construct-ion of this embodiment of my inventi-om-the operation may now. be understood! The fuel which is introduced -into theproducer by means of the'shopper 55*"and chute 54 is evenly distributed upon'the' bed therein by the latter, owing to the fact thatthe same is carried by the cover and rotatesindependently thereof; the poker 41 operating'constantly to stir the mass and maintain the slime free from. crevices or fissures;

When the apparatus is in operation the intermediate'portion 12 is rotated as well as the cover portion, as has been above described. The blast which is received through an extension 70 passes downward through the mass to meet the gases passing upward to, meet the gases formedi-in the lower porases mix in the conduit 32, prior to being discharged from the producer.

Referring to the embodiment of my invention illustrated in Fig. 2, the upper portion 71 of an up-draft producer is illustrated; the gases being carried oil as by means of a discharge pipe 72. A hopper 78 and chute 74 deliver the fuel into the interior of the producer, apertured plates 75 and 76 being provided as in the embodiment above described. The apertured Pia-1164 5 however, is carried by stationary shaft 7'7 having the laterally extending member 78, while the apertured plate 76 is carried by the hopper. The hopper is provided with peripheral teeth SOwvith which meshes an idlerSl, the latter meshing with a circular rack 82 located above the producer. A poker similar to that illustrated in Fig. 1 is shown at 83, the hollow shaft .84 of which. carries a gear wheel 85, the latter meshing with the idler 86 which in turn meshes withlhe circular rack 82. The cover portion is driven bymeans of the shaft 87 carrying a gear wheel 88 which meshes with peripheral teeth 90 formed upon the edge of the cover portion.

The operation of this embodiment of the invention will be clear without further de "guiif'e,

' Patent is:

1. The combination of a gas producer having an axially revoluble cover portion, a fuel receptacle carried by the cover portion, an inclined revoluble poker carriedby the cover portion, means for maintaining a water circulation in said poker, and means for revolving said poker on its axis during the revolution of said cover portion.

2. The combination of a gas producer having a revoluble cover portion, of a fuel receptacle and a poker mounted to revolve thereon, and a common means for driving said receptacle and poker.

3. The combination in a gas producer, of a. body portion, a revoluble cover portion having a revoluble stirring member, and a revoluble fuel hopper mounted thereon.

4. The combination ina gas producer having fixed upper and lower body portions and a revoluble intermediate body portion, of a revoluble cover portion, a revoluble poker, and a revoluble fuel hopper carried by the cover.

5. The combination in a gas producer having a fixed upper and lower body portions and a revoluble intermediate body portion, of a revoluble cover portion, a revoluble poker, a revoluble fuel hopper carried by the cover, and a common means for driving said poker and hopper.

6. The combination of a gas producer having a revoluble cover portion, and an independent axially revoluble fuel hopper carried thereby.

7. The combination of a gas. producer' having a revolublecover portion, an independent axially revoluble fuel receptacle carried by the cover portion, and axially revoluble means for agitatingthe fuel within said fuel receptacle.

'8. The combination of a gas producer having a revoluble cover portion, an independent axially revoluble fuel receptacle carried thereby, and axially revoluble means within the fuel receptacle for stirring the fuel.

9. The combination of a gas producer having a revoluble cover portion, an independently revoluble poker depending from the cover portion within the producer, a'

fuel hopperupon the cover portion, said poker and 'said fuel hopper being independently revoluble.

tions.

12. The combination in a gas producer having fixed upper and lower body firtions,

10. The combination in a gals producer having fixed upper and lower body portions and a revoluble intermediatebodyportion, of a revoluble cover portion, 'a seal between said cover and the upper body portion, a revoluble poker carried by the cover portion, a revoluble fuel hopper carried by the cover portion, and means for revolving said'poker and said fuel hopper during the revolution of said cover portion.

11. The combination in a gas producer having fixed upper and lower body portions and a revoluble'intermediate body portion,

of a revoluble cover portion, and means for revolving said intermediate body portion andsaid cover portion in opposite direcof a revoluble intermediate body portion and a revoluble cover portion, of means for revolving said intermediate body portion' and said cover portion in opposite directions, a revoluble fuel receptacle carried by the cover portion, a revoluble poker carried thereby, andmeans for revolving said receptacle and said poker during the revolution of said cover portion.

13. The combination in a gas producer having 'fixed upper and lower body portions and an intermediate revoluble body portion, of a revoluble cover portion, means for sealing the points of jointure of the intermediate body portion and the adjoining body portions, means for sealing the point of jointure of the cover portion and the upper body portion, a revoluble poker carried.

by the cover portion, a revoluble fuel hop-gper carried thereby, a water seal provided upon the 'cover;port1on-, means for revolvf' ing the intermediate body portion and the cover portion in opposite directions, and means for revolving the poker and the fuel receptacle during the revolution of the cover portion.

14:. The combination of a gas producer divided into fixed and revoluble body portions whereby the fuel is agitated at the point of juncture of said body portions, a

cover portion, a revoluble poker supported by the cover portion adapted to agitate the 'fuel in the upper part-of-the producer, a

revoluble fuel hopper carried by the cover portion, and a common means for revolving the fuel hopper"? and the poker.

15."The combination of a gas producer divided into fixed and revoluble body portions whereby "the fuel is agitated at the point of juncture of the two body portions, of a cover portion, a movably mounted poker mounted upon the cover portion and depending therefrom into the interior of the producer, said poker being adapted to agitate the fuel in the upper portion of the producer, a fuel receptacle. carried. by the cover portion and means for revolving said fuel receptacle. a A

16.111 combination, a gas producer having fixed and movable body portions Whereby the fuel is agitated at the point of juncture of the body portions, a cover portion, a. revoluble poker supported by the cover portion and adapted to stir the fuel in the upper part of-the producer, a revoluble fuel- ,for revolvin hopper carried by the cover portion, means said poker, and means for simultaneous y revolving the hopper.

In witness whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES A. HER-RICK.

Witnesses:

A. HONIGSRERG, B. W. Common.

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